Movie Review: Fool's Gold (2008)

Fool's Gold (2008) 

Warner Bros., De Line Pictures, USA, 2008. 

In 1715 King Philip's treasure galleon sunk somewhere near Cuba. Centuries later Finn (Matthew McConaughey) and Alfonz (Ewen Bremner) are trying to find the gold. Their boat sinks in freak accident but something positive happens: they find plate from the galleon. Bad news: the boat was funded by gangster rapper Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) who now wants his money back. And soon Finn finds himself going to the bottom of the ocean with an anchor tied to his leg. He barely avoids the watery grave.

Finn

Alfonz

Bigg Bunny

Finn's ex-wife Tess (Kate Hudson) works for millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland). As Finn is broke Tess gets nothing from the divorce. Finn saves Honeycutt's daughter's Gemma's (Alexis Dziena) hat. Gemma is lovably ditzy socialite. Finn uses the opportunity to tell about the treasure to Nigel who gets interested about treasure hunt. Tess hates the idea first but old flames die hard. But also Bigg Bunny hires old treasure hunter Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) to search for the lost galleon. 

Tess

Nigel Honeycutt

Gemma

Cheery Caribbean music spices up the summery light adventure romp. The story is quite traditional stuff but enjoyable with funny characters. Sometimes it is just enough to see traditional treasure hunting genre being updated. Somewhere it has been called a rip-off of "Uncharted" video game but "Uncharted" itself was a homage of various adventure stories. The story of "Fool's Gold" is more directed towards romantic comedy than action. The island sceneries are pretty and  McConaughey and Hudson have nice chemistry.

One of Bunny's henchmen is Theo Huxtable from "The Cosby Show":

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Rating: Good

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner, Ray Winstone, Kevin Hart, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Brian Hooks, David Roberts, Michael Mulheren, Adam LeFevre, Rohan Nichol, Roger Sciberras, Elizabeth Connolly, Harli Ames (as Ali Ammouchi), Tom O'Sullivan, Eddie Ritchard (as Edwina Ritchard), Duncan Young, Luke Pegler, Xavier Fernandez, Ra Mel El  (as A. Ramel El), Nicholas Cooper, Andrew Allen, Glenn Suter, Peter Whitford, Laurence Coy, Linda Cropper, Clementine Heath, Ashley Cheadle, Jason Dundas, Todd Lasance, Ray Bull, Valentino del Toro, Frank Turner, Bill Watson, Henry Browne, Laura Collier, Tim Oliver Koenig, Tana Smith 

Director: Andy Tennant